Today - Another Great Day

Two stops today and some great opportunities. Started the day visiting Spring Valley Nature Preserve - a great assortment of warblers including Yellow, Prothonotary, Yellow-Rumped and maybe heard a Magnolia.  

Yellow-Rumped Warbler Nikond D750 ISO 800 600mm f/9.0 1/500 sec.

Lunch break was a quick trip to Woodman Fen in Kettering. I was really happy with the red-bellied woodpecker shot below, and then he did this... 

Red-Bellied Woodpecker Nikon D750 ISO 640 600mm f/11 1/1250 sec.

The red-bellied woodpecker pulled an egg out of a nest in the tree, took a couple looks around, and took off. Wow - never seen that before. 

Egg-Stealing Red-Bellied Woodpecker Nikon D750 ISO 640 600mm f/11 1/1250 sec.

Blue-Headed Vireo Nikon D750 ISO 640 600mm f/11 1/640 sec.

Lastly, spotted my first Rusty Blackbird. Thank you to Stefan Minnig for teaching me their call.

Rusty Blackbird Nikon D750 ISO 640 600mm f/11 1/640 sec.